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  Chapter 953 949 [38.65 degrees north latitude]

  North Korea's rulers and ministers did not care about the lives of soldiers, and soldiers did not care about the lives of the people.

  Before the Chinese New Year, the soldiers made a fuss about food, but they only had enough to eat for a few days. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the army began to reduce meals again, and the soldiers were too lazy to make food, and stepped on the snow to the surrounding countryside to grab it.

   Regardless of whether you are a landlord or a tenant, you will rush into the house when you see it.

  At the beginning, it was just a robbery of food, and gradually developed into a robbery of goods, and then even women.

  Of course, the king's personal guards are still in the city. The officers are all the children of the nobles, and even the ordinary soldiers are the sons of the nobles, so they will definitely not be as hungry as the low-level soldiers.

Lin Qingye killed several soldiers who led the looting. Before he was beheaded, a general asked, "General Lin, we all respect and love you, and are willing to fight with you. But can you feed us? You If you can’t give us food, and don’t let us grab it, do you want all of us soldiers to starve to death?”

   These words made Lin Qingye silent for a while, recalling what happened in the first half of his life, the veteran in his sixties burst into tears.

Lin Qingye found Song Shilie: "I'm disgusted by people now. The king and civil officials hate me for stopping them from cede land, and the soldiers also resent me for not being able to obtain military rations. I am redundant now. Only when I leave, the officials can calmly betray the country, Only generals can plunder. Although you have set off party disputes before, at least you still have some bottom line. I hope you can turn the tide."

   "Oh!" Song Shilie sighed.

  Farewell to Song Shilie, Lin Qingye hangs his seal and leaves.

  The dozens of cavalry he brought from the south also spontaneously followed around, and headed towards Chunchuan with only a few days of dry food.

   Lin Qingye left like this, the North Korean monarchs and officials were all happy, and hurriedly sent people to negotiate.

   The person in charge of the negotiations was Xu Mu, the commander in chief of the third rank, who is the highest official of the Nanren Party at the center.

  What do you mean?

  Traitors are still engaged in party disputes, and the Westerners Party is unwilling to betray the country itself, so it forcibly sends the leader of the Southerners Party. After the matter is over, Xu Mu can be impeached and the power of the Nanren Party can be completely wiped out!

   "Your Majesty, I dare not obey orders!"

  Xu Mu knelt down in front of Li Wei, took off his black gauze hat and said, "Ceding the land and begging for mercy, I am also a sinner through the ages, I beg you to return to your hometown!"

  Li Wei said: "It is not too late for Xu Qing to resign after his mission."

  Xu Mu trembled with anger, stood up abruptly, and slammed his head toward the pillar next to him.

   There was a muffled sound, blood flowed, and Li Wei was frightened dumbfounded.

   "Treat me quickly!" Song Shilie shouted.

  Xu Mu was carried out by the king's guards, and Li Wei finally came to his senses. He pointed to Zheng Taihe and said, "Go...don't seek death, or your house will be confiscated!"

  Zheng Taihe said with a mournful face: "Your Majesty, the minister is in charge of discussing the affairs (chief assistant), and it will damage the dignity of the country if the minister goes to negotiate."

"I tell you to go, you go," Li Wei was already extremely angry, and pointed to Song Shilie and Song Junji, "You two go together! If you don't go, then I will forget it. North Korea has been attached to the Celestial Dynasty since then, and I will go to Nanjing Ask an idle prince to do it!"

   This is tantamount to letting the chief minister of the cabinet, with the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Minister of the Ministry of War, cede land and sell the country together.

  But how could the king not go when he said something like this?

  The three of them complained incessantly. They belonged to the Western Party, but they belonged to three different factions. Now they had to take the blame together. It is conceivable how bad their reputation will be in the future, and how the Nanren Party, which is a local official, will impeach them!

  They planned to blame Xu Mu of the Nanren Party, but Xu Mu committed suicide in front of the king, messing up all the plans of the Western Party.

   Calculate it, calculate it, now the calculation is on your own head.

  Hanyang, the three met Dang Chongjun.

  After the greetings, Song Shiyeol and Song Junji did not speak.

Zheng Taihe could only bite the bullet and went around for a long time, saying: "Angel Rong Bing, "The Collection of Great Harmony" is profound and unpredictable. I am waiting for Confucian scholars in the next country to read it. When we understand the mystery of "The Collection of Great Harmony" , and it will not be too late to spread it to North Korean scholars.”

  Dang Chongjun said: "How about this, you three, go to Nanjing with me, and how about His Majesty explaining "Da Tong Ji" to you personally?"

   "Don't dare disturb the Holy Son of Heaven!" The three quickly refused.

Zheng Taihe saw that he couldn't get away with it, so he just broke the pot and threw it: "Master Angel, Beidao was originally a land of Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties. Our country has been managed by the Celestial Dynasty for more than two hundred years. Today, we are willing to return it to the Celestial Dynasty. That Yizhou...that is, Baozhou, the Datong army resisted the invasion of the Tartars in Baozhou, and kept the people of our country safe, and they should also be dedicated to the Celestial Dynasty."

  The majestic chief minister of North Korea even called out "my lord".

   This appellation was popular in the late Ming Dynasty, and the Datong New Dynasty banned officials from calling them "adults". Officials no longer call it that way, but the common people haven't changed it yet, and this North Korean official has learned it thoroughly.

  Dang Chongjun said unhappily: "Where are you sending beggars? Beido is the poorest place in North Korea. There are mountains everywhere, and there is not much land to plant. What is the Celestial Dynasty using?"

  Zheng Taihe was completely single, cupped his hands and said: "Please show me the angel!"

  Dang Chongjun opened his mouth wide: "Ping'an Road, Huanghai Road, Hamgyong Road."

   "Impossible!" Song Shilie couldn't hold back, and stood up anxiously on the spot, fearing that Zheng Taihe would agree.

  Dang Chongjun said: "I don't like it too much? How about adding another Gangwon Province?"

   "There are too many, too many," Song Junji also became very anxious, "There are only eight realms in our country, and the angel will cut off three realms at once. I can't go back and explain to the king!"

  Dang Chongjun said: "Then what do you think?"

   Zheng Taihe gritted his teeth and said, "How about dedicating the entire Xianjing Road and half of Ping'an Road to the Celestial Dynasty?"

  Dang Chongjun shook his head.

  Song Joon-gil said, "Hamgyong and Pyongan-do can be ceded, but Hwanghae-do is absolutely not! Also, the plains of Pyongan-do and Pyongyang cannot be ceded."

  Dang Chongjun sneered: "Isn't that still the whole Xianjing Road and half of Ping'an Road?"

   "It's mostly Ping An Road!" Song Junji corrected.

  Dang Chongjun stood up slowly, and said with a flick of his sleeves, "Seeing off the guests!"

   Quan Temo ceded the poor mountainous area, of course Dang Chongjun was not happy.

  The three returned to Cheorwon in desperation, when the snow gradually melted away. The peasant army on the west road confronted the North Korean officers and soldiers across the river again, and the peasant army on the east road also marched towards Cheorwon. However, there is very little food left for the North Korean army, and they can't get it if they go to the countryside to grab it.

  The real desperate situation, you can't even run.

  If you want to run away, you can only pass through the blockade of the Datong Army, which means officially going to war with the Datong Army.

  The North Korean monarchs and ministers discussed repeatedly, and finally came up with a charter. Li Wei said to the three: "The Yellow Sea Road cannot be cut off, otherwise it might as well be included. You can talk about it."

  Three unlucky guys came to Hanyang again.

  Song Shiyeol still wanted to fight for it, saying: "Pingyuan County can be dedicated to the Celestial Dynasty, but Pyongyang must not."

  Dang Chongjun not only wanted Pyongyang, but even stared further south. He gestured on the map: "All the way to the south of Huangzhou, both sides of the Datong River are Chinese land."

  Zheng Taihe begged: "Master Angel, please give me a way out."

  Dang Chongjun thought about it carefully: "You don't need Huangzhou, let's use Tsushima Island instead."

"what?"

   Zheng Taihe, Song Shiyeol, and Song Junji were all stunned.

  Tsushima Island, located in the waters between North Korea and Japan.

  North Korea once sent troops to conquer, and it was difficult for Ma Fan to resist, so he chose to accept the official position in North Korea. At the same time, Tsushima Fan belonged to the Japanese lord. The official trade and business offices of North Korea and Japan were all located on Tsushima Island, and they tacitly agreed to surrender to both sides at the same time.

  Historically, Tsushima Island belonged to both Japan and North Korea. It lasted until after the Meiji Restoration. It was the Russian warship that broke the deadlock...

   "That's it!" Zheng Taihe quickly agreed, for fear that Dang Chongjun would regret it.

  Exchanging Tsushima Island, which is in the nature of a confinement, back to Huangzhou on the Datong River, this is simply a no-cost transaction. They thought it was Dang Chongjun who made a mistake.

  The three of them went back to report to their orders. Li Wei convened the ministers to discuss and finally admitted the result.

  Pingan Road, Hamgyong Road, and Tsushima Island, these three lands were ceded to China. The Datong Army was responsible for quelling the peasant uprising. After the chaos was quelled, they had to leave North Korea immediately.

   On the other hand, China will no longer force North Korea to lift the ban on "Da Tong Ji", but North Korea must lift the ban on silver and allow Chinese merchants to use silver dollars for transactions. In addition, when Li Wei returned to Hanyang, the Chinese envoys would formally canonize him as king, and the Korean ministers were not allowed to establish a new king.

  Whoever dares to launch a coup and drive Li Wei out of power, the Datong Army will definitely go and return.

   It is probably from the Datong River Estuary, a line across. North of 38.65 degrees north latitude is owned by China, and the south of this line is still the territory of North Korea.

   Jumping up and down from the beginning to the end, Songshang, who also encouraged the peasant uprising in Hwanghae-do, was sold by the Chinese envoy Dang Chongjun, and the peasant army in Hwanghae-do was also sold. They will still be under North Korea's rule from now on... Of course, it can be changed.

Dang Chongjun personally met Li En'ai, the leader of the Huanghai Road Uprising Army, and said to him: "You must take your tribe and move to Ping'an Road collectively. Your tribe will disband on the spot after going north, and the government will allocate land to them. You You can recommend four people to go to Nanjing to study in the military academy together. It’s okay not to go to Nanjing, but stay in Pyongan Road to be a policeman, and you can be in charge of the security of Pyongyang City.”

  Li Eun-ai originally belonged to the small landlords in Huanghai Province, and people in the north were not welcomed, and the small landlords also had a hard time.

  Being able to be the head of the police in Pyongyang City is not bad for him.

  After all, if the Datong Army ignores them, his rebel army will definitely be wiped out by North Korean officers and soldiers.

  The other two leaders of the Peasant Army also got the promise of being an official, and then... began to act.

  The Datong Army pulled out their cannons and bombarded them for a while, and then charged with bayonets. Tens of thousands of peasant troops fled in embarrassment, engulfing the people along the way, and fled all the way to Ping'an Road.

  North Korea did keep the Yellow Sea Road, but only one-third of the population remained, and they were all coerced to the north of China. It was repeatedly ravaged by the Tartars, and the population has not recovered much, and now it is just time to increase the population. And the rebel army killed the landlord again, and the distribution of the land went with the flow.

  Han Qiyuan's troops on the East Road did the same thing. They were chased away by the Datong Army, and they took the people all the way to Hamgyong Road.

  A group of Song merchants, looking at the departing peasant army, watching the departing Datong army, collectively stood in the wind and their thoughts were messed up. What are they tossing for half a year?

  Of course, these merchants also made money. Most of the property looted by the peasant army was handed over to them for sale, and each of them made a lot of money.

  Li Wei returned to Hanyang and officially accepted the canonization as king.

   Immediately, the party struggle kicked off again.

  The Nanren Party, who was a minor official in the imperial court, gathered the Nanren Party who served as local officials, and impeached the Western Party to sell the land and sell the country for glory. The chief assistant Zheng Taihe was pushed to the end, Song Shilie and Song Junji were demoted to the county guards, Li Wei took the opportunity to drag a bunch of southerners into the court.

   At the same time, a Chinese warship sailed to Tsushima Island.

  Zong Yizhen received the imperial decree from the Chinese emperor, and he didn't recover for a while.

  He is the lord of Shiwanshi conferred by the Japanese shogunate, the lord of Tsushima island conferred by the king of Korea, and now the magistrate of Tsushima prefecture conferred by the emperor of China?

  (end of this chapter)